biography
| name: |
Guiteau, Charles Julius
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pronunciation:
[geetoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1841–82)
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| biography:
| Assassin, born in Freeport, Illinois, USA. He dabbled in law, newspaper work, and preaching. He unreasonably expected to be offered a diplomatic post by the administration of President James Garfield. Failing in this, he shot the president (1881) and called out, ‘I am a Stalwart and Arthur is president now’! Despite behaving like a madman at his trial, he was found guilty, and hanged in 1882. |
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